Der Grüne See – “The Green Lake” – is a meadow valley in Austria. While the meadow is in full spring bloom, the snow on the mountains all around it melts and runs off into the valley. The result is a crystal clear flood that can be up 11 metres deep. The water is near […]
The 5 things you should know about dementia
A new video from the Alzheimer’s Society uses some famous faces to help teach us 5 things we should know about dementia. The society, which looks after people and their families cope with dementia, is asking that people share the video. You can do that by clicking on the video or simply by sharing this […]
The ghostly photgraph from The George & Pilgrim, 1 High Street, Glastonbury
Down the road from the Church of St John the Baptist, on the corner of the High Street and Madgalene Street that passes by Glastonbury Tor is The George and Pilgrim. 1 High Street, just a stone throw from Abbey Park, has the reputation of being haunted. The building dates from at least 1475 as […]
The danger of our oil economy
This is an interesting video – after all, it’s not pro “tree” or green and even takes a bash at “treehuggers”. However it presents a factual look at how oil is so interwoven in our economy that we’ve created a system the planet cannot support. The result? We need a third industrial revolution if we […]
The 2012 Supermoon may wash out the Eta Aquarid meteors – but when?
This weekend will see a “super” moon. A supermoon happens when the moon is full and in perigee. This means the moon is at it’s closest approach point to the Earth. The moon and Earth have elliptical orbits and so are different distances apart at different times of the year. The moon may appear to […]
Samsara
This is a trailer for Samsara – a documentary shot entirely on 70mm film and five years in the making. Samsara (or Sansara) means “continuous flow”. It is teh cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth. Although, today it is more often used to refer to possessios or a place. The documentary uses powerful images […]
Planet Under Pressure: The Anthropocene
You should watch this video and learn about the “Anthropocene”. This is a new era for the world – one in which the growth of mankind is a force equivalent in scale to a major geological process. Or perhaps you don’t care – if that’s the case then the animation is still worth watching. It’s […]
What is the meaning of Self?
What if each one of us where trillions of semi-independent functions each with their own evolutionary agenda? What if? That’s exactly what biological science is suggesting is true. This could be startling and thought provoking news to many people. It raises lots of questions – a key one being “What is Self?”. Where does your […]
Funny video gives us a crash course in Islam and the Five Pillars
This video is from a series of crash-course history lessons. It starts by making the case that in the West the history of Islam is not well known. It’s hard to debate that. John Green is charismatic and funny in this video – and yet it quickly covers the history of Islam without religious bias and judgement. […]
10 amazing pictures of Earth for Earth Day
Today is Earth Day. It is a time to recognise the planet we live on and the challenges we face with it. To celebrate Earth Day this blog, In Pure Spirit, has collected 10 amazing pictures of nature which have surfaced on LiveJournal communties. None of these pictures were shared originally with a photographer attribution […]
